[SOLVED] Path to the cloned new machine

[makh]

Hi

I just cloned a machine. It got cloned in the group named "Linux M/c". But it was under the main path VM, not under the group folder "VM".

Please inform how to avoid this.

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VM
|- Linux M/c
|  |- Mc1
|-Mc1 Cloned

The only way will be to delete the virtual machine without files, and then correct the path, and then make a new machine one, but in this way it makes two paths for the same machine. One having vdi, and the other having the snap save.

Thankyou

[mpack]

The path for new VMs is an option in your UI preferences.

[makh]

Hi

Sir! theres only one option: Default machine folder. Thats where the cloned machine is created, not the folder of group.

Thankyou.

[Perryg]

You need to use the command line option to do what you want. See https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08. ... ge-clonevm for the syntax.

[makh]

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Hi

It worked with:

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VBoxManage clonevm vmkolibri --mode all --name vmkolibri2 --basefolder /path-to-vm/Linuxes/ --register

Though the mentioning of the default group with using --groups gave me this error at the first try:

VBoxManage: error: Invalid machine group 'Linuxes'
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG (0x80070057), component VirtualBoxWrap, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
VBoxManage: error: Context: "ComposeMachineFilename(Bstr(pszTrgName).raw(), bstrPrimaryGroup.raw(), createFlags.raw(), Bstr(pszTrgBaseFolder).raw(), bstrSettingsFile.asOutParam())" at line 464 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp

I used with Linuxes, 'Linuxes', and "Linuxes", but didnt worked for me.

According to the manual:

By default, clones are always assigned membership of the group /.

It seems the problem I am actually having shouldnt have been there at all.

Thankyou